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Deciding on an ISP

Submitted by Pete on Fri, 2008-04-11 19:59.

When deciding on service providers there is often a clear choice, whether it be because they have a local monopoly (like my water provider) or because they offer you a good deal (like my mobile phone provider) but when it comes to finding an ISP noone has a good deal.

At the one end there are the free/very cheap providers that are unreliable, have poor techical support and a low bandwidth cap. At the other end are the very expensive providers that I don't want to fork out for. Then there are the providers that throttle traffic at certain times to one degree or another.

Somewhere in the middle fell the provider I decided to go with - Plus net, for £20 a month they offer 20gig of bandwidth and are open about what they restrict and at what times. Hopefully I've made the right choice!

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Mon, 2008-04-14 11:50 — Munger
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Thought you were gonna go with Sky?

Mon, 2008-04-14 21:51 — Mac Broadband (not verified)

Good choice. I rate Plus.net as a provider.   And, if you don't like them you can relatively easily get out of your broadband contract.

Mac Broadband's last blog post..Best broadband for Apple macs, March 2008

Tue, 2008-04-15 10:57 — Pete
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Just ended up getting TV with sky in the end, I think Plus Net are better as an ISP.

Wed, 2008-04-16 15:02 — April (not verified)

Looks like affordable price

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